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dirty harry (1971)

dirty harry
Dirty Harry
R
Action
Crime
Thriller
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Release Date
July 14, 1971
Director
Don Siegel
Cast
Clint Eastwood , Harry Guardino , Reni Santoni , John Vernon , Andrew Robinson , John Larch
Runtime
102
Main Genre
Action
Writers
Harry Julian Fink , Rita M. Fink , Dean Riesner , John Milius , Jo Heims
Tagline
Detective Harry Callahan. He doesn't break murder cases. He smashes them.

Summary

When a madman dubbed the "Scorpio Killer" terrorizes San Francisco, hard-boiled cop Harry Callahan -- famous for his take-no-prisoners approach to law enforcement -- is tasked with hunting down the psychopath. Harry eventually collars Scorpio in the process of rescuing a kidnap victim, only to see him walk on technicalities. Now, the maverick detective is determined to nail the maniac himself.

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